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4B Daily News – Thursday, October 24, 2013 College price hikes appear to be moderating WASHINGTON (AP) — There's some good news on college tuition. Yes, the cost has gone up — but not as much as in the past. For in-state students at a four-year public college or university, published tuition and fees increased this year on average $247 to $8,893. That's a 2.9 percent increase — the smallest one-year increase in more than 30 years, the College Board said Wednesday in its annual report on college prices. Out-of-state prices, as well as the costs to attend public two-year colleges and private institutions rose but they also avoided big spikes, said Sandy Baum, co-author of the report. These more moderate increases could lessen concern that an annual rapid growth in tuition prices is the new normal. "It does seem that the spiral is moderating. Not turning around, not ending, but moderating," Baum said. The average published cost for tuition and fees at a private college for the 2013-14 academic year was $30,094 — up $1,105. An out-of-state student at a public college or university faced an annual average price tag of $22,203, which is up $670. The average price tag for an in-state student to attend a two-year institution was much less at $3,264 — up $110. Most students don't actually pay that, though. There are grants, tax credits and deductions that help ease the cost of going to college. About twothirds of full-time students get grants, most from the federal government. But, in the two years leading up to the 2012-2013 school year, the federal aid per fulltime equivalent undergraduate student declined 9 percent, or about $325. That means students have to foot more of the bill themselves. "The rapid increases in college prices have slowed, however, student and families are paying more because grant aid is not keeping up," said David Coleman, president of the College Board. While the average published price for tuition and fees for a private college is $30,094, the net price is $12,460 — up $530 from last year. The net price is what they actually pay after grants. There were years this decade that saw the net price going down, but it has gone up the last two years. The average published instate price for tuition and fees at a public four-year school is $8,893, but the average net price is about $3,120. Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education, in a statement called it "troubling" that overall grant aid is not keeping up with prices. Her organization represents the presidents of U.S. colleges and universities. "Institutions are committed to holding down costs, but it is equally important for state and federal governments to play their part to make college affordable," she said. The College Board is a notfor-profit membership group that promotes college access and owns the SAT exam. The report spells out the large declines in state appropri- ations given to public institutions in recent years. These cuts have been blamed for rises in college costs. Other causes often cited range from the high cost of health care for employees to the demand by students for flashier campus amenities. Among the other findings in the report: Romney's new house in Utah has hidden room behind spinning bookcase SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new house Mitt Romney is building in Utah is not only spacious and luxurious, but it's also a little mysterious. The home's study will have a bookcase that swivels open and leads into a hidden room, according to architecture plans obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/1a0wGL9 ). The drawings say the room is for office storage, and show it is 11feet long with cabinets. It's not the first time plans for a Romney home include attentiongrabbing features. Drawings for renovations on a waterfront house in La Jolla, Calif., include a split-level garage with a car elevator. The Tribune reports the 5,900-square-foot house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Holladay will be the fifth home for the former Republican presidential candidate. He recently bought an 8,700-square-foot home that has six bedrooms and eight bath- rooms in the Utah mountain resort town of Park City. He also has homes in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The planning documents for the new Utah house show it listed as a home for Romney's wife, Ann Romney. The home sits on an acre of land next to a home being built by their son, Josh Romney, the Tribune reports. The home is called a ''new farmhouse'' in drawings approved by city officials. The house will have vertical wood siding, wood shutters on the windows and large sliding barn doors. The property will have several lawns, a fountain, terraces, a gazebo and a spa. The Tribune obtained the plans through an open records request. Romney now will have two homes in Utah, where he has family ties going back several generations and where he came in 1999 to help the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City recover from a bribery scandal. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Animal control officers in Des Moines used a tranquilizer to capture a mysterious goat that had dived into traffic and was on the run for hours. The Boer goat got a taste of freedom Wednesday morning as she evaded capture on the city's south side. The brown and white animal with floppy ears ran into traffic and eventually went into a fenced car dealership. The Des Moines Register reports officers chased the goat around the dealership before using a tranquilizer to stop her. Officials say the goat appears to be healthy and uninjured. Authorities are now looking for her owner. 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The busiest local information website in Tehama County! — Adding in costs for room and board to live on campus, average annual published costs: At public, four-year universities, $18,391 for in-state students and $31,701 for out-ofstate students; $40,917 for private colleges and universities; $10,730 for in-state students at public two year schools. — The average published tuition and fees at for-profit institutions increased by $70 to $15,130 — an increase of less than 1 percent. — New Hampshire and Vermont had the highest published in-state tuition and fees at both four-year and two-year institutions. 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